Aligned Section View
You can create an aligned section view in a drawing through a model,
or portion of a model, that is aligned with a selected section line segment.
The aligned section view is similar to a Section View,
but the section line for an aligned section comprises two or more lines
connected at an angle. The aligned section rotates the cut into the plane
of the selected segment.
Aligned section views are typically used for sectioning features that
would appear foreshortened in regular section views.
You can pre-select sketch entities that belong to the drawing sheet
to create aligned section views. The sketch entities do not have to belong
to an existing drawing view.
To create an aligned section view:
Click Aligned Section View 
on
the Drawing toolbar, or click Insert, Drawing View,
Aligned Section.
To create an aligned section view with more than two lines,
you must select the sketched lines before clicking Aligned
Section View . The lines must be connected at an
angle and cannot form multiple contours.
Sketch
the section line. The section line should consist of two connected lines
at an angle to each other. Use sketch
relations as necessary.
To help locate the sketched lines to ensure they pass through and are
related to the desired features, right-click the sketch and click Show. You can see the sketch that defines
the location of the feature to section.
If you are in a drawing of an assembly, set options in the
Section
View dialog box.
Set options
in the Section
View PropertyManager.
As
you move the pointer, a preview of the view is displayed if you selected
Show contents
while dragging drawing view.
You
can control the alignment
of the view. The view is aligned to the sketch segment that was selected
when you created the section line; the cut faces from the other segments
are projected into the same plane. For information about changing the
alignment of views, see Drawing View
Alignment and Display.
The
orientation of the view flips if you select Flip
direction in the PropertyManager.
You cannot change the angle of the line that you selected
to align the view.
Click to
place the view.
Related Topics
Modifying
Section Views
Troubleshooting
Section Views